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It was on a family trip to Mildura in north-west Victoria as a young child that I was first given penicillin. While I don't remember why, nor do I remember the rash I developed, it was then I was first introduced to my penicillin allergy - a seemingly innocuous friend that nonetheless threatened its pernicious intentions should it be taken for granted.

Viral nucleic acid tests, antigen tests, antibody tests, T-cell analysis, serology, sequencing. Just a sample of the terms and tech that you need to understand when writing about COVID-19 testing. Understand them all? Good, but I’m now going to spring a quick test on you ­– just like your favourite high school teacher: 

I have lived my whole life with a rare disease I didn’t know I had. Only, recently have I come to know the name of it. This experience has been for me, one of equal part bewilderment, and of pieces of a puzzle finally slotting into their rightful place. A true watershed moment.

We are delighted to share the recent Joint Position Statement from our international counterparts AMWA, EMWA and ISMPP on Medical Publications, Preprints, and Peer Reviews which was published in CMRO.

Thank you to all of our applicants for the 2021 Early Career Award. We had many strong applications and we are delighted to announce the winner as Manuela Callari!

Achieving vaccination rates that provide herd immunity and protect populations from disease has challenged public health officials for decades. Vaccination against COVID-19 is no exception.

As countries around the world look to rapidly vaccinate entire populations against COVID-19, we take a look how this is being achieved in New Zealand

In the era of COVID-19 the interest in vaccine development and regulatory approval processes have never been greater. Find out how A/Prof Joanna Kirman tackles the big questions of how the COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved so quickly. 

Creating multiple vaccines for widespread use in the space of less than a year is boldly going where no humans have gone before. But, it does raise the question, how did we get here so quickly?